Flood in Indiana, June 6 to 8, 2001

Name: Flood in Indiana, June 6 to 8, 2001
Start: 2001-06-06T12:00
End: 2001-06-08T12:00
Location: Indiana

June 6 to 8, 2001 · NWS IND · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rain on the 5th caused minor flooding along Big Walnut Creek near Reelsville. 79 feet (flood stage is 12 feet) on the early morning of the 7th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.

Heavy rain on the 5th caused minor flooding along Big Walnut Creek near Reelsville. The creek crested at 14.79 feet (flood stage is 12 feet) on the early morning of the 7th. Agricultural bottomland, a campground and a few cabins were effected.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 10:43 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 10:43 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1043 AM EST WED JUN 6 2001

MAIN PROBLEM WHETHER TO CONTNUE FFA THIS AFTN.

INCOMING SHORT WAVE EASY TO SEE ON SATELLITE...AND MODELS CLEARLY
TRACK IT ACROSS STATE THIS AFTERNOON. CONVENCTION FIRING TO OUR SW
IN RESPONSE TO THE IT. MORE RAIN LOOKS GOOD BET.

MOST FOCUSED PRECIP WITH THIS SYSTEM COULD TURN OUT TO BE NORTH OF
WRMFNT...OR NORTH OF OUR CWA. BUT...WITH GROUND SOAKED WONT TAKE
MUCH TO CAUSE HYDRO PROBLEMS. K INDEX AND PRECIP WATER HIGH OVER
ENTIRE AREA. WILL KEEP THE FFA.

OTRW...EARLIER TEMPS LOOK A SHADE CONSERVATIVE CONSIDERING ENTIRE
CWA OUTH OF FRONT AND PRESENT OBS.

.IND...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY...INZ043>045-051>056-060>065-067>072
KWIATKOWSKI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:05 AM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-061300-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
605 AM EST WED JUN 6 2001

...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A RISK FOR A
FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A ATTICA TO WINCHESTER
LINE. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE FROM THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS
ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

JAS

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Putnam

When: June 6, 12:00 PM EST to June 8, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Putnam forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.666, -86.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, June 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5248382.